Definition of lint in English:

lint

noun lɪntlɪnt

mass noun

1Short, fine fibres which separate from the surface of cloth or yarn during processing.
some fabrics leave tiny specks of lint on the glass
Example sentencesExamples
- "Understood, " he said while digging through the lint in his pocket for the coins.
- Dust and lint are deposited on the horizontal surfaces of equipment, floors, and other surfaces of the OR over time.
- I also lost so much fiber to the lint filter that the finished fabric now feels thin.
- But whereas they were once crisp, motes of dust and household lint had now settled leaving the surface grimy.
- He picked off nonexistent lint from his shirt, and looked back up at me through his bangs.
- He gave the tuxedo a critical once over, brushing it down to remove any lint.
- Brown says that the most money was spent on a complete rebuild of the paint shop, changing out ovens for increased airflow, installing brighter lighting and adding systems that remove dust and lint from the paint.
- She brushes some invisible lint from his sweater, keeping her fingers near his collar.
- Following the instructions in your owner's manual, carefully clean out any lint, fuzz, or dirt in these areas.
- Nathan's hands were stuffed in his pockets, his fingers rubbing idly against his pocket lint.
- Cover it with a cheesecloth to keep out dust, lint and insects.
- He could write about dryer lint and still make it sound interesting.
- We replaced it with a new one after cleaning the lint trap.
- I let it cling to me like dryer lint.
- Brush cotton is a fabric that has been brushed to remove lint and other excess fibres to leave the cotton soft and smooth.
- Poor thread quality can cause lint or ‘fuzz’ to build up in the needle, resulting in poor stitch quality.
- Don't do this unless you have a little metal mesh lint catcher for the drain.
- High contrast helps a lot, so I can see a tiny piece of lint on a dark carpet.
- Clean the lint filter in the dryer after every load to improve air circulation.
- This increased area enables the filter to capture more lint, dust, pollen, mold and mildew - up to 95% of them from the air.
Synonyms
fuzz, dust
1. 1.1Scottish Flax fibres prepared for spinning.
2. 1.2 The fibrous material of a cotton boll.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The operations in Namibia will require 20 000 tonnes of cotton lint annually.
  A record 1,600 pounds of cotton lint per acre was measured on one plot in 2001.
  Top products exported to 59 export markets within and outside the sub region include copper wires, electrical cables, burley tobacco, sugar and cotton lint.
  This may eventually lead to the discovery of new approaches for the transformation of short fibre into the long lint, hence, the increase of fibre quality and productivity.
  The products include copper rods, sugar, electrical cables, tobacco, fresh flowers, cotton lint, cotton yarn, fresh vegetables, gemstones and gasoil.
  Once the cotton fiber properties have been determined, the value of the cotton lint can be calculated from the same tables farmers use when selling their cotton.
  South Africa, therefore, only managed to produce about 50 percent, ‘in a good year’, of its annual requirement of 70,000 tonnes of cotton lint.
  He said the long term vision of the ginnery is to establish a fully fledged textile industry, which will produce finished materials if the company started producing more lint than what the customers could take.
  Normally, about 20 pounds of material is removed from every 500-pound bale of cotton during a process called lint cleaning.
  The major products for the EU market includes cut flowers and vegetables, live fish, fresh vegetables, honey, bees wax, cotton lint and fuzzy cotton.
  During the ginning process the economically important lint fibers are removed from the seed, leaving the much shorter fuzz fiber.
2A fabric, originally of linen, with a raised nap on one side, used for dressing wounds.
he smeared ointment on a strip of lint
Example sentencesExamples
- He covered the wound made with lint soaked in carbolic acid.
- One case, number 11, describes the management of a broken nose, and the treatment, involving rolls of lint within the nostrils and external bandaging, can hardly be bettered even by modern doctors.
Synonyms
dressing, covering, gauze, compress, plaster, ligature, tourniquet, swathe, strap, sling

Derivatives

linty

adjective

Winthrop led me to my cot, bid me lie down upon the rumpled sheet, I did so and he covered me with a linty blanket.
Example sentencesExamples
- He, in other words, still envisions his robots touching the world - the dusty, linty, crumb-crusted bits of it anyway.
- It's not a bad cold, but it's a cold, and this means my brain is covered with a crunchy layer of linty styrofoam packing peanuts.
- The surfaces are lumpy and clotted, linty with escaping threads, amusingly slapdash.

Origin

Late Middle English lynnet 'flax prepared for spinning', perhaps from Old French linette 'linseed', from lin 'flax'.

Rhymes

asquint, bint, clint, dint, flint, glint, hint, imprint, mint, misprint, print, quint, skint, splint, sprint, squint, stint, tint

Definition of lint in US English:

lint

nounlɪntlint

1Short, fine fibers that separate from the surface of cloth or yarn, especially during processing.
Example sentencesExamples
- Poor thread quality can cause lint or ‘fuzz’ to build up in the needle, resulting in poor stitch quality.
- Brush cotton is a fabric that has been brushed to remove lint and other excess fibres to leave the cotton soft and smooth.
- He picked off nonexistent lint from his shirt, and looked back up at me through his bangs.
- High contrast helps a lot, so I can see a tiny piece of lint on a dark carpet.
- We replaced it with a new one after cleaning the lint trap.
- But whereas they were once crisp, motes of dust and household lint had now settled leaving the surface grimy.
- This increased area enables the filter to capture more lint, dust, pollen, mold and mildew - up to 95% of them from the air.
- Clean the lint filter in the dryer after every load to improve air circulation.
- He could write about dryer lint and still make it sound interesting.
- Nathan's hands were stuffed in his pockets, his fingers rubbing idly against his pocket lint.
- Brown says that the most money was spent on a complete rebuild of the paint shop, changing out ovens for increased airflow, installing brighter lighting and adding systems that remove dust and lint from the paint.
- Following the instructions in your owner's manual, carefully clean out any lint, fuzz, or dirt in these areas.
- She brushes some invisible lint from his sweater, keeping her fingers near his collar.
- Dust and lint are deposited on the horizontal surfaces of equipment, floors, and other surfaces of the OR over time.
- I also lost so much fiber to the lint filter that the finished fabric now feels thin.
- Don't do this unless you have a little metal mesh lint catcher for the drain.
- I let it cling to me like dryer lint.
- Cover it with a cheesecloth to keep out dust, lint and insects.
- He gave the tuxedo a critical once over, brushing it down to remove any lint.
- "Understood, " he said while digging through the lint in his pocket for the coins.
Synonyms
fuzz, dust
1. 1.1 A fabric, originally of linen, with a raised nap on one side, used for dressing wounds.
  Example sentencesExamples
  One case, number 11, describes the management of a broken nose, and the treatment, involving rolls of lint within the nostrils and external bandaging, can hardly be bettered even by modern doctors.
  He covered the wound made with lint soaked in carbolic acid.
  Synonyms
  dressing, covering, gauze, compress, plaster, ligature, tourniquet, swathe, strap, sling
2. 1.2 The fibrous material of a cotton boll.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Top products exported to 59 export markets within and outside the sub region include copper wires, electrical cables, burley tobacco, sugar and cotton lint.
  The operations in Namibia will require 20 000 tonnes of cotton lint annually.
  The major products for the EU market includes cut flowers and vegetables, live fish, fresh vegetables, honey, bees wax, cotton lint and fuzzy cotton.
  Normally, about 20 pounds of material is removed from every 500-pound bale of cotton during a process called lint cleaning.
  A record 1,600 pounds of cotton lint per acre was measured on one plot in 2001.
  He said the long term vision of the ginnery is to establish a fully fledged textile industry, which will produce finished materials if the company started producing more lint than what the customers could take.
  This may eventually lead to the discovery of new approaches for the transformation of short fibre into the long lint, hence, the increase of fibre quality and productivity.
  The products include copper rods, sugar, electrical cables, tobacco, fresh flowers, cotton lint, cotton yarn, fresh vegetables, gemstones and gasoil.
  During the ginning process the economically important lint fibers are removed from the seed, leaving the much shorter fuzz fiber.
  South Africa, therefore, only managed to produce about 50 percent, ‘in a good year’, of its annual requirement of 70,000 tonnes of cotton lint.
  Once the cotton fiber properties have been determined, the value of the cotton lint can be calculated from the same tables farmers use when selling their cotton.
3. 1.3Scottish Flax fibers prepared for spinning.

Origin

Late Middle English lynnet ‘flax prepared for spinning’, perhaps from Old French linette ‘linseed’, from lin ‘flax’.

单词	lint
释义	Definition of lint in English: lint noun lɪntlɪnt mass noun 1Short, fine fibres which separate from the surface of cloth or yarn during processing. some fabrics leave tiny specks of lint on the glass Example sentencesExamples "Understood, " he said while digging through the lint in his pocket for the coins. Dust and lint are deposited on the horizontal surfaces of equipment, floors, and other surfaces of the OR over time. I also lost so much fiber to the lint filter that the finished fabric now feels thin. But whereas they were once crisp, motes of dust and household lint had now settled leaving the surface grimy. He picked off nonexistent lint from his shirt, and looked back up at me through his bangs. He gave the tuxedo a critical once over, brushing it down to remove any lint. Brown says that the most money was spent on a complete rebuild of the paint shop, changing out ovens for increased airflow, installing brighter lighting and adding systems that remove dust and lint from the paint. She brushes some invisible lint from his sweater, keeping her fingers near his collar. Following the instructions in your owner's manual, carefully clean out any lint, fuzz, or dirt in these areas. Nathan's hands were stuffed in his pockets, his fingers rubbing idly against his pocket lint. Cover it with a cheesecloth to keep out dust, lint and insects. He could write about dryer lint and still make it sound interesting. We replaced it with a new one after cleaning the lint trap. I let it cling to me like dryer lint. Brush cotton is a fabric that has been brushed to remove lint and other excess fibres to leave the cotton soft and smooth. Poor thread quality can cause lint or ‘fuzz’ to build up in the needle, resulting in poor stitch quality. Don't do this unless you have a little metal mesh lint catcher for the drain. High contrast helps a lot, so I can see a tiny piece of lint on a dark carpet. Clean the lint filter in the dryer after every load to improve air circulation. This increased area enables the filter to capture more lint, dust, pollen, mold and mildew - up to 95% of them from the air. Synonyms fuzz, dust 1.1Scottish Flax fibres prepared for spinning. 1.2 The fibrous material of a cotton boll. Example sentencesExamples The operations in Namibia will require 20 000 tonnes of cotton lint annually. A record 1,600 pounds of cotton lint per acre was measured on one plot in 2001. Top products exported to 59 export markets within and outside the sub region include copper wires, electrical cables, burley tobacco, sugar and cotton lint. This may eventually lead to the discovery of new approaches for the transformation of short fibre into the long lint, hence, the increase of fibre quality and productivity. The products include copper rods, sugar, electrical cables, tobacco, fresh flowers, cotton lint, cotton yarn, fresh vegetables, gemstones and gasoil. Once the cotton fiber properties have been determined, the value of the cotton lint can be calculated from the same tables farmers use when selling their cotton. South Africa, therefore, only managed to produce about 50 percent, ‘in a good year’, of its annual requirement of 70,000 tonnes of cotton lint. He said the long term vision of the ginnery is to establish a fully fledged textile industry, which will produce finished materials if the company started producing more lint than what the customers could take. Normally, about 20 pounds of material is removed from every 500-pound bale of cotton during a process called lint cleaning. The major products for the EU market includes cut flowers and vegetables, live fish, fresh vegetables, honey, bees wax, cotton lint and fuzzy cotton. During the ginning process the economically important lint fibers are removed from the seed, leaving the much shorter fuzz fiber. 2A fabric, originally of linen, with a raised nap on one side, used for dressing wounds. he smeared ointment on a strip of lint Example sentencesExamples He covered the wound made with lint soaked in carbolic acid. One case, number 11, describes the management of a broken nose, and the treatment, involving rolls of lint within the nostrils and external bandaging, can hardly be bettered even by modern doctors. Synonyms dressing, covering, gauze, compress, plaster, ligature, tourniquet, swathe, strap, sling Derivatives linty adjective Winthrop led me to my cot, bid me lie down upon the rumpled sheet, I did so and he covered me with a linty blanket. Example sentencesExamples He, in other words, still envisions his robots touching the world - the dusty, linty, crumb-crusted bits of it anyway. It's not a bad cold, but it's a cold, and this means my brain is covered with a crunchy layer of linty styrofoam packing peanuts. The surfaces are lumpy and clotted, linty with escaping threads, amusingly slapdash. Origin Late Middle English lynnet 'flax prepared for spinning', perhaps from Old French linette 'linseed', from lin 'flax'. Rhymes asquint, bint, clint, dint, flint, glint, hint, imprint, mint, misprint, print, quint, skint, splint, sprint, squint, stint, tint Definition of lint in US English: lint nounlɪntlint 1Short, fine fibers that separate from the surface of cloth or yarn, especially during processing. Example sentencesExamples Poor thread quality can cause lint or ‘fuzz’ to build up in the needle, resulting in poor stitch quality. Brush cotton is a fabric that has been brushed to remove lint and other excess fibres to leave the cotton soft and smooth. He picked off nonexistent lint from his shirt, and looked back up at me through his bangs. High contrast helps a lot, so I can see a tiny piece of lint on a dark carpet. We replaced it with a new one after cleaning the lint trap. But whereas they were once crisp, motes of dust and household lint had now settled leaving the surface grimy. This increased area enables the filter to capture more lint, dust, pollen, mold and mildew - up to 95% of them from the air. Clean the lint filter in the dryer after every load to improve air circulation. He could write about dryer lint and still make it sound interesting. Nathan's hands were stuffed in his pockets, his fingers rubbing idly against his pocket lint. Brown says that the most money was spent on a complete rebuild of the paint shop, changing out ovens for increased airflow, installing brighter lighting and adding systems that remove dust and lint from the paint. Following the instructions in your owner's manual, carefully clean out any lint, fuzz, or dirt in these areas. She brushes some invisible lint from his sweater, keeping her fingers near his collar. Dust and lint are deposited on the horizontal surfaces of equipment, floors, and other surfaces of the OR over time. I also lost so much fiber to the lint filter that the finished fabric now feels thin. Don't do this unless you have a little metal mesh lint catcher for the drain. I let it cling to me like dryer lint. Cover it with a cheesecloth to keep out dust, lint and insects. He gave the tuxedo a critical once over, brushing it down to remove any lint. "Understood, " he said while digging through the lint in his pocket for the coins. Synonyms fuzz, dust 1.1 A fabric, originally of linen, with a raised nap on one side, used for dressing wounds. Example sentencesExamples One case, number 11, describes the management of a broken nose, and the treatment, involving rolls of lint within the nostrils and external bandaging, can hardly be bettered even by modern doctors. He covered the wound made with lint soaked in carbolic acid. Synonyms dressing, covering, gauze, compress, plaster, ligature, tourniquet, swathe, strap, sling 1.2 The fibrous material of a cotton boll. Example sentencesExamples Top products exported to 59 export markets within and outside the sub region include copper wires, electrical cables, burley tobacco, sugar and cotton lint. The operations in Namibia will require 20 000 tonnes of cotton lint annually. The major products for the EU market includes cut flowers and vegetables, live fish, fresh vegetables, honey, bees wax, cotton lint and fuzzy cotton. Normally, about 20 pounds of material is removed from every 500-pound bale of cotton during a process called lint cleaning. A record 1,600 pounds of cotton lint per acre was measured on one plot in 2001. He said the long term vision of the ginnery is to establish a fully fledged textile industry, which will produce finished materials if the company started producing more lint than what the customers could take. This may eventually lead to the discovery of new approaches for the transformation of short fibre into the long lint, hence, the increase of fibre quality and productivity. The products include copper rods, sugar, electrical cables, tobacco, fresh flowers, cotton lint, cotton yarn, fresh vegetables, gemstones and gasoil. During the ginning process the economically important lint fibers are removed from the seed, leaving the much shorter fuzz fiber. South Africa, therefore, only managed to produce about 50 percent, ‘in a good year’, of its annual requirement of 70,000 tonnes of cotton lint. Once the cotton fiber properties have been determined, the value of the cotton lint can be calculated from the same tables farmers use when selling their cotton. 1.3Scottish Flax fibers prepared for spinning. Origin Late Middle English lynnet ‘flax prepared for spinning’, perhaps from Old French linette ‘linseed’, from lin ‘flax’.
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